InterPro domain: IPR017755

N-carbamoylputrescine amidase catalyses ( 3.5.1.53 ) the hydrolysis of N-carbamoylputrescine to putrescine [ 1 , 2 ]. This is the final step of the arginine decarboxylase pathway of putrescine biosynthseis that operates in some plant and bacterial species. This protein is designated AguB in bacteria.

1. Plant C-N hydrolases and the identification of a plant N-carbamoylputrescine amidohydrolase involved in polyamine biosynthesis. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 1708-12
2. Identification of the putrescine biosynthetic genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and characterization of agmatine deiminase and N-carbamoylputrescine amidohydrolase of the arginine decarboxylase pathway. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) 149, 707-14